Coldplay News

The winner of Coldplay's Lost? video competition is now closed and the winner will be announced on the official site on Friday. This from Coldplay's Anchorman:   Good morning. The Lost? video competition closed at midnight last night (UK time), amid a late flurry of entries from around the world. Once they’ve all been watched, a shortlist of the best ones will be given to the band. They will then pick the winner, which will be announced on Friday. We hit our “favourites” limit on the official Co

Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its "Viva la Vida" was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" was named the top-selling single.   Coldplay's CD has sold more than 2 million copies since its release in June, and has sold more than 500,000 copies digitally—most of which was through iTunes, according to the band's representative. ITunes does not release its sales figures, its spokesman said in releasing its list on Monday.   Jack Johns

Coldplay played the first of three nights at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena as part of the UK leg of the Viva La Vida tour. They added Green Eyes and... Life In Technicolor ii to the setlist!   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks Yellow In My Place Speed Of Sound Cemeteries Of London Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk (techno version) The Hardest Part Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental) Viva La Vida Lost

Lhuna, the track Coldplay recorded with Kylie Minogue but was omitted from their chart topping 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends' album has finally been released as a digital download. Click here to go to the website to listen exclusively to the track at MSN.   The track is available NOW (from 7pm GMT, December 1st 2008) via Red Wire, a new charity digital service which will help buy life-saving medicine for those living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. Lhuna, was born in 2007 at Coldplay's Bak

On December 1, Yahoo! will simultaneously premiere Coldplay's exclusive performance for the "Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music" program in the US and 11 other countries including Spain, Canada, U.K., France, Italy, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, New Zealand and US Espanol.   Taped in New York at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the private concert was filmed in front of 300 lucky Coldplay fans and is available only on Yahoo! Music. The exclusive performance features current and past hits as

Coldplay and their staff are once again making an extra special effort for their online fans tomorrow with a live Birmingham photoblog throughout the afternoon. Here's what the latest version of Coldplay's online messenger had to say:   You might remember that Coldplay.com brought you a live photoblog from the Lyon gig in September, which aimed to give you an idea of what it was like to be backstage with the band on the day of a big show, via video, pictures and general chit-chat. Well, we're do

It was a bold move by Chugg Entertainment to open two Coldplay shows simultaneously in each of the East Coast cities, for both the general public on-sale and the widely advertised Visa Entertainment pre-sale, but one that has paid off and given fans their best chance at tickets ever, reports Tangled Magazine.   Promoter Michael Chugg says, “This was a decision dictated by the overwhelming demand by fans to see Coldplay live, the biggest band in the world right now. We wanted to put two shows up

This just in from the official site, thanks Anchorman & Debs!   Good evening. The forum of Coldplay fansite Coldplaying.com has made it into the knock-out rounds of the Absolute Radio Rock-Off, where they've been drawn against the official Keane forum. Naturally, we'd like to lend Coldplaying our support in this titanic struggle. So, if you have a moment to vote for the site and their playlist, then click here before 8.30pm GMT on Monday. Thank you.   Anchorman  

The Kylie / Coldplay duet ‘Lhuna’, which Chris Martin has been raving about, finally sees its release, on World AIDS Day (1st December). The song will be available via (RED)'s new digital music magazine, (RED)WIRE. When you sign up, you'll receive exclusive (DRM-free) music from the world's greatest artists on a weekly basis, and people living with HIV in Africa will get the medicine they need to stay alive.   (RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver to raise awareness and money for The Glob

UK 4Music will broadcast a Coldplay interview and performance special later today. From Coldplay.com:   Good afternoon. On Sunday, Channel 4 in the UK will be broadcasting 4Music Presents... Coldplay, a 50-minute special in which the band perform several songs and shoot the breeze with Mr George Lamb. It's on at 3pm.   The programme will feature an exclusive interview and live performances featuring tracks from the multi-platinum-selling album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.  

I Should Be So Lucky... well, I was by being the first journalist in the world to hear the new track by mega music combo, Kyl-dplay, reports News Of The World.   That’s right, Pop royalty Kylie Minogue and Coldplay have teamed up to record a charity song together to raise money for AIDS victims. The track, called Lhuna, is brilliant — it combines Kylie’s seriously sexy voice with the haunting tones of Chris Martin. The results are spectacular. Last night, a music insider told me: “This is the TH

Coldplay kicked off their first night of the Viva La Vida tour UK leg at the Sheffield Arena, Sheffield. No setlist surprises for this first show in terms of new songs, but Trouble was added for the UK fans...   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Speed Of Sound Cemeteries Of London Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk (techno version) The Hardest Part (Chris solo, partial before switching to Troubl

After selling out their pre-sale allocation in a day, Coldplay have announced a third Sydney show for Acer Arena on March 14.   General tickets for the March 11, 12 and 14 shows go on sale through Ticketek (132849) on Thursday.   More on this news to follow...    

Innovation is hard to come by in the music industry, especially when it comes to concert tours.   Someone, usually the Rolling Stones or U2, has always done it before. Several aspects of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" concert in Glendale, Ariz. Nov. 26 were quite familiar because the concert had a definite U2 feel to it. A bit of singer Chris Martin's stage presence seems borrowed from U2's Bono, such as the little jump-hop-skip combined with an arm thrust into the air he’d do.   The two ramp thruste

Songbird Connie Talbot has claimed her latest triumph by knocking British supergroup Coldplay from the top of the US charts – and she hasn’t even heard of them, reports expressandstar.com.   Fresh from appearances on a series of top talk shows in America, the eight-year-old’s version of Three Little Birds has sent the rock giants tumbling to number seven in the Billboard Hot Singles charts. But the success has clearly not gone to the head of the youngster from Streetly, Walsall.   Speaking to th

Coldplay might be giving Adelaide the cold shoulder on its 2009 tour, but plenty of 'AdelaideNow' readers are warming to our petition to change the band's mind, report news.com.au.   Since last Sunday more than 1000 people have signed the online petition to bring the English supergroup to Adelaide. The response comes after last week's announcement that the band would not include South Australia in its 2009 tour.   Instead, Coldplay will only play dates in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne wh

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   November 28, 2008 - submitted by Lucia, Argentina Q. hello oracle! some time ago you mentioned that the lyrics were going to be posted on the site, is that going to happen any time soon? i’ve read many lyrics related questions, and i have a few myself, wouldn’t it be esasier if you just posted them? thanks! The Oracle replies: It will happen sometime in the New Year, hopefully sooner rather than later.   November 28, 2008 - submitted

A reminder that Coldplay tickets for next year's stadium tour will be available from 9.30am on Friday 28th November.   Coldplay big UK shows for September 2009 earlier this week - Chris Martin called up BBC Radio 1 to announce that Coldplay are playing a string of stadium shows in September. "It's like a dream come true," said Chris about the dates on the radio just now. The dates are as follows:   Saturday 12th September - Manchester LCCC Wednesday 16th September - Glasgow Hampden Park Saturday

A new video of Lovers In Japan affiliated to Capitol records has emerged online and is now available to watch on this website.   The video was shot by Matt Whitecross at the United Center in Chicago during the same show in which the official video of Lost! and Lost+ was from. The images of the video seem to be part of an alternative video of the fourth single taken from the album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, but it has since been rumoured that it could also be a footage of the eage

No Coldplay split, says mum of guitarist   The mum of Coldplay’s lead guitarist has scotched rumours the band might be poised to split. Joy Buckland – mother of the top band’s lead guitarist Jonny Buckland [pictured] – dismissed the speculation published in a Sunday newspaper.   Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was quoted as saying he wanted to leave the band – now regarded as the world’s top rock outfit – before his 33rd birthday in March 2010. Speaking from her home near Mold, Joy said vocalist

British rock group Coldplay wrapped up its North American tour Wednesday in Glendale with a solid, understated performance, reports AZCentral.   "You can't do an American tour without finishing in Phoenix, Arizona," said singer Chris Martin, who could be forgiven for his slight geographical slip-up. Coldplay is one of the most dependable touring bands in rock these days, and the group's 90-minute set gave the near-sellout crowd at Jobing.com Arena plenty of well-executed anthems.   Clocks, Yello

UK 4Music will broadcast a Coldplay interview and performance special on Sunday. From Coldplay.com:   Good afternoon. On Sunday, Channel 4 in the UK will be broadcasting 4Music Presents... Coldplay, a 50-minute special in which the band perform several songs and shoot the breeze with Mr George Lamb. It's on at 3pm.

Coldplay brought an end of their second US Viva La Vida tour leg as they played the Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix, Arizona. No setlist surprises for this final show...   Setlist:   Life In Technicolor Violet Hill Clocks In My Place Speed Of Sound Cemeteries Of London Chinese Sleep Chant 42 Fix You Strawberry Swing God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version) Talk (techno version) The Hardest Part (Chris - piano instrumental) Postcards From Far Away (Chris - piano instrumental) Viva La Vi

More questions answered by The Oracle... (submit yours now!)   November 26, 2008 - submitted by Evelien, Belgium Q. Dear Oracle, I enjoyed the football picture from Roadie #42 a lot :-) I think Chris is not on it? Does he not like playing football? The Oracle replies: Not particularly, he prefers cricket!   November 26, 2008 - submitted by Rachel the Awesome, United States of America Q. Wouldn't it be funny if this question got in instead of my other more important question? The Oracle replies:

ANAHEIM – A 27-year-old man fell about 30 feet to his death as he tried to jump over an opening along the Santa Ana riverbed Tuesday night, police said.   Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said the incident occurred at 11 p.m. at 2695 Katella Avenue at the Santa Ana riverbed. Officers found the man on the west side bike trail underneath Katella, he said.   The man has been identified as Guillermo Gomez, of Alhambra, according to the Orange County coroner's office. Police said the man had just